2010 performances

[dec 29, 2010]
3 Blind Mice: the Berkeley Poetry Slam House BandI love this gig. Monumental multi-instrumentalist Jeff Hobbs casts a bunch of us (as available – this time Joe Rut) to play poets on and off the stage at this long-running weekly series.

[oct 24, 2010]
Daniel Popsicle at the East Bay Mini Maker Faire
Color and New Monster music from Dan Plonsey performed by the large ensemble Daniel Popsicle. The Faire takes place all day on the campus of Park Day School. Also on the bill the beloved Toychestra. Tickets $7 – $20 here.

[june 12, 2010]Whispers of ReverberanceUnweathered Embers, a new ensemble featuring over a dozen Bay Area vocalists and acoustic musicians conducted and composed by Myrmyr at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, San Francisco. Part of the Soundwave Festival ((4)).

[may 7-8 and 14-15-16]Wayward
An immersive dance theatre event that will lead audiences on a journey through and around the Cal State East Bay University Theatre with two works that focus on issues concerning growing up, rites of passage and what it means to be an adult: Nina Haft’s Red Riding Hood and Dan Plonsey’s Bar Mitzvah, a collaboration of Dandelion Dance Theater and Dan Plonsey. Tickets $15 / $10 / $5.

[april 3, 2010]
ADACHI Tomomi with Edward Schocker, Dylan Bolles andJudy Halebskyplus a set by Laetitia Sonami
Part of The Pacific Exchange program of Thingamajigs, featuring solo and multiple performance configurations with Tomomi‘s self-made electronic/acoustic instruments and interfaces, including his tupperware instruments and infrared sensor shirt.

[april 1, 2010]
Dandelion Dance Theater | Dan Plonsey’s Bar Mitzvah Band
Work in progress excerpts from Dan Plonsey’s Bar Mitzvah performed as part of the April SpaceCraft! CellSpace’s first Thursday showcase of new work by resident artists. 7-11pm, Dandelion/BMB go on at 8.

[mar 31, 2010]
ubRadio Salon with Big City Orchestra and Blancahillary
Jurassic electronics and a giant bass drum, weather permitting, in the Alameda-based studio of Big City Orchestra. 4-6pm at http://dfm.nu/.

[mar 29, 2010]
Delicate & Destructive on a Nebraska MondayLucio Menegon , Valerie Kuehne and I will conflate two noisy experiments at Ross Hammond’s series at the Luna’s Cafe in Sacramento. $5-10 sliding.